
Bridget MalcolmĪustralian model Bridget Malcolm referred to Victoria's Secret as "exploitative" in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia.ĭuring the interview, Malcolm discussed suffering from mental health issues and eating disorders. Hadid has never addressed the allegations. Razek allegedly made inappropriate comments about Hadid's body and chest size. Hadid was also one of the models named in a scathing investigation by The New York Times,which found Victoria's Secret's former president and chief marketing officer Ed Razek had been accused of sexual harassment and bullying. "Once I sat down with them and had multiple meetings, they were able to prove to me that there are real protocols that are being put in order and put in line to make the best possible environment for us." "But they came to me with a big presentation about everything that they've changed, the way that they're moving forward with not only body diversity but diversity of women in general. Even having that conversation was very complicated for me because of the way that I had felt in the past," Hadid also said in the interview. Hadid added: "It took me almost a year and a half to take the meeting with them. US model Bella Hadid walks the runway at the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Novemat Pier 94 in New York City. Hadid said: "Another way that I realized my growth-which was super important for me-was being able to be in a setting that I once felt unempowered and to now feel so empowered and so reassured. She also added her decision to rejoin the brand was a sign of "personal growth." Speaking to E! News in January 2022, Hadid shared she once felt "unempowered" working with Victoria's Secret and was looking forward to working once again with the brand, which has a whole new vision. What The Victoria's Secret Models Have Said About Working For VS Bella Hadidīella Hadid walked the Victoria's Secret runaway from 2016 to 2018. With the release of Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons on Hulu, Newsweek has taken a look back at what some of the VS models have said about working for the brand from its heyday, all the way up to the final Victoria's Secret fashion show in 2018. The figureheads are no longer "Angels", instead they are the "VS Collective," described as a group of "trailblazing," diverse women. In 2020, Victoria's Secret underwent a rebranding, as well as increasing the number of female board members. Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons also examines Wexner's association with disgraced businessman Jeffery Epstein and the company's downfall in 2018, when allegations of bullying and harassment came to a head.
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The three-part series begins with Les Wexner's purchase of the small underwear business from Stanford graduate Roy Raymond in 1982 and charts its global success, the Victoria's Secret's fashion shows, and everything that went on behind the scenes.

Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons is a highly-anticipated documentary explaining the rise and fall of the billion-dollar lingerie brand.
